To The Fathers Raising Daughters

Jun 25, 2025 | Parenting

There’s a unique and powerful role that fathers (or father figures) play in a daughter’s life—one that leaves a lasting imprint on how she sees herself and how she moves through the world. A father is often the first man a girl will ever love, and his presence (or...

Laying Down My Judgements

Nov 27, 2024 | Parenting

Recently I was stranded at the Cincinnati airport due to bad storms caused by yet, another hurricane. There were lots of frustrated, stranded people at the airport. Many of them with younger children. As I was doing yet another lap around the terminal, I heard a young...

The Empty Nest?

Nov 20, 2024 | Parenting

About 6 years ago, I declared my husband and I to be empty nesters. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Since that time we’ve had children coming, going, moving in, moving out, and plopping in our house for an hour to days at a time. Covid was responsible for some of it...

I’ve Never Told Anyone This

Feb 28, 2024 | Parenting, Relationships

Coaching and therapy are two unique helping modalities that are based on a confidential relationship between the client and the coach or therapist. It’s a crucial part of that relationship because without it . . .  well without it, why bother? Having a safe place...

2022 Wrap-Up and Wishes for 2023

Jan 1, 2023 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Parenting | 1 comment

2022 was certainly more fun than 2020 and 2021. Although COVID is still an issue, it is not the issue that it was the previous two years. Travel picked up, seeing people in-person picked up, and the year progressed in a way that I didn’t expect after the rather...

Empty Nest Redux, Redux

Dec 1, 2022 | Parenting | 2 comments

I’ve claimed an empty nest on and off for the past four years. Each time I’ve been wrong, but I’m willing to try again. In September, our sweet dog left us for squirrels in the sky and in October, our youngest chose to move away from his parents who were annoying the...